Although the U.S involvement in global imperialism in the late 1800’s was an investment of uncertainty, their bold moves in acquiring new land have historically been justified by a combination of humanitarian, economic and political theories. During this time period, the United States had begun to achieve great strides as many major cities developed, thus contributing to the shaping of American history and identity. Despite the immense amount of progress that was made, there were several components that the U.S had been striving to resolve including sustaining acquired wealth as well as sustaining the economy. In hopes to address these increasingly pressing matters, President Theodore Roosevelt turned to imperialism in hopes to create a more
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Though the island monarchy had been relatively successful under their reigning Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, the abundances of Pineapples attracted American Businessmen to imperialize the island to insure easy access to the tropical delicacy. In order to fulfill their economic agenda, American Business men portrayed the Queen to be an unfit ruler for their country to provide probable cause for American intervention for access to the pineapples.By the late 1800’s, the American government annexed Hawaii thus completing their evident economic interest in their newly acquired territory. By 1923 Hawaii had the largest export of Pineapples in the world, bringing an immense amount of wealth to the U.S(Smithsonian Magazine). Some argue that the U.S was looking out for Hawaii because they claimed that the island deserved a democracy insuring liberties granted to homeland U.S. However, the early actions taken by the U.S officials conclude otherwise. American businessmen Sanford Dole declared himself as the first president without a vote to advance his pineapple business thus undermining the foundational principles of American democracy. Therefore, this shows that the humanitarianist theories do not truly incompass the U.S motivations surrounding imperialism but rather, …show more content…
As history is made, this can be used to assess many other U.S international policies especially as international policies have a growing impact in American
Though the island monarchy had been relatively successful under their reigning Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, the abundances of Pineapples attracted American Businessmen to imperialize the island to insure easy access to the tropical delicacy. In order to fulfill their economic agenda, American Business men portrayed the Queen to be an unfit ruler for their country to provide probable cause for American intervention for access to the pineapples.By the late 1800’s, the American government annexed Hawaii thus completing their evident economic interest in their newly acquired territory. By 1923 Hawaii had the largest export of Pineapples in the world, bringing an immense amount of wealth to the U.S(Smithsonian Magazine). Some argue that the U.S was looking out for Hawaii because they claimed that the island deserved a democracy insuring liberties granted to homeland U.S. However, the early actions taken by the U.S officials conclude otherwise. American businessmen Sanford Dole declared himself as the first president without a vote to advance his pineapple business thus undermining the foundational principles of American democracy. Therefore, this shows that the humanitarianist theories do not truly incompass the U.S motivations surrounding imperialism but rather, …show more content…
As history is made, this can be used to assess many other U.S international policies especially as international policies have a growing impact in American